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@geiten tsts. gnent @Hina WILLIS HUMISTON, CF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNCR TO HIll/ISELF AND L. H. HALL, CF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 62,337, dated .February 26, 1867.

IMPROVED BLIND-FASTENING.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, WILLIS IIUMISTON, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven," and State of Connecticut, have invented a new improvement in Blind-Fastcnings; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be-a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, and which said drawings constitute part-of this specification, and

represent, 1n-

Figure l, a transverse section of a window fra-nie or blind showing a top view of my fastener, (the blind closed.)

Figure 2, an inside view ofthe same g andin Figure 3," a like section as in iig. I, showing the blind opened.

My inventionrelates to an improvement in fastening for blinds, whereby the blind may be opened or closed and fastened in either position without the necessity of reaching out the window, as in common fasteners; and to enable others to construct and use my improvement I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the window sill; B the window jambs; C the window blind hinged to the jamb of the window in the usual manner. -Upon the inside of the blind, and near the Windowj amb, I attach a rod, D, by means of an eye E. The said rod D, passing through a staple or guide, F, lies, when the blind is closed, as in fig. l, nearly parallel with the blind, so as to be latched upon a hook, a, and when so hooked, as seen in iigs. 1 and 2, the blind cannot be opened. The inner end of the .rod D is bent nearly as seen in fig. I, or so as to form a right angle in the said rod, the

I extreme end of the said rod being bent or curved into any desirable or convenient form. Upon the window sill I x an inclined catch or stop CZ, so that s the blind is opened the bent or right-angled arm of the bar D will pass over the inclined stop, and dropping down after it has passed it, as seen in iig. 3, the blind is securely held in an opened position, as seen in fig. 3, and is thus opened by simply raising the rod D from the hook a, and by means of the lever pressing the blind open. To close the blind, reise the rod from the stop ci and pull upon the rod D; the blind will Vclose so as to be secured, as denoted in gs. I and 2. Thus the blind may be` opened or i closed and secured in either position by the simple movement of the rod D in the manner described. The rod D lies parallel with the blind, and if attached to the blindiat or nea-r the bottom the rod would be entirely straightpfrom its connection to the right-angled bend described.

I do not broadly claim a rod attached to and so as to operate and secure the blind. Having therefore thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the rod D, hinged to the blind, with the hook a upon the blind, and the guide F, and the inclined stop CZ on the sill, constructed and arranged so as to operate substantially in the manner described.

WILLIS HUMISTON.

' Witnesses:

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. Timms. 

